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=item symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE
X<symlink> X<link> X<symbolic link> X<link, symbolic>

Creates a new filename symbolically linked to the old filename.
Returns C<1> for success, C<0> otherwise.  On systems that don't support
symbolic links, raises an exception.  To check for that,
use eval:

    my $symlink_exists = eval { symlink("",""); 1 };

Portability issues: L<perlport/symlink>.

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